Activity log for bug #1683445

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2017-04-17 18:07:03 Vincent Gerris bug added bug
2017-04-17 18:31:20 Brad Figg linux (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2017-04-17 18:43:27 Joseph Salisbury linux (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2017-04-17 18:43:29 Joseph Salisbury linux (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Incomplete
2017-04-17 20:34:38 Vincent Gerris linux (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Confirmed
2017-04-17 20:35:02 Vincent Gerris tags amd64 apport-bug zesty amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream zesty
2017-04-19 09:19:54 Po-Hsu Lin tags amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream zesty 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream zesty
2017-04-24 03:31:33 Po-Hsu Lin bug added subscriber Po-Hsu Lin
2017-05-04 05:24:06 Kai-Heng Feng bug watch added https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100922
2017-05-04 05:24:06 Kai-Heng Feng bug task added linux
2017-05-04 06:46:49 Bug Watch Updater linux: status Unknown Confirmed
2017-05-04 06:46:49 Bug Watch Updater linux: importance Unknown Medium
2017-05-05 10:00:33 Kai-Heng Feng bug watch added https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=782211
2017-05-08 04:30:59 Kai-Heng Feng bug task added gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
2017-05-08 04:31:16 Kai-Heng Feng bug task added unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
2017-05-09 17:08:45 Jeremy Bícha linux (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Invalid
2017-05-09 17:09:58 Jeremy Bícha gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): status New Fix Committed
2017-05-09 17:10:02 Jeremy Bícha gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2017-05-09 17:10:09 Jeremy Bícha unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2017-05-09 17:10:15 Jeremy Bícha unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): status New Triaged
2017-05-09 17:10:26 Jeremy Bícha nominated for series Ubuntu Zesty
2017-05-09 17:10:26 Jeremy Bícha bug task added linux (Ubuntu Zesty)
2017-05-09 17:10:26 Jeremy Bícha bug task added gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Zesty)
2017-05-09 17:10:26 Jeremy Bícha bug task added unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Zesty)
2017-05-09 17:10:38 Jeremy Bícha gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Zesty): importance Undecided Medium
2017-05-09 17:10:43 Jeremy Bícha gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Zesty): status New Triaged
2017-05-09 17:10:48 Jeremy Bícha bug task deleted linux (Ubuntu Zesty)
2017-05-09 17:10:57 Jeremy Bícha unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Zesty): status New Triaged
2017-05-09 17:11:02 Jeremy Bícha unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Zesty): importance Undecided Medium
2017-05-09 17:51:39 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-settings-daemon/ubuntu
2017-05-09 18:03:18 Jeremy Bícha bug added subscriber Jeremy Bicha
2017-05-09 18:22:23 Jeremy Bícha description The Dell E6430 with Nvidia Optimus enables in BIOS, using the Open Source Nouveau driver shows the brightness slider moving but does not affect the brightness. When using the kernel boot option acpi_backlight=vendor , the brightness control works. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic 4.10.0-19.21 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 2081 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7 Date: Mon Apr 17 20:00:56 2017 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=66528b53-0f42-4043-9ff8-da8f86036be6 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-10 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Beta amd64 (20170321) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6430 ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb 1 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-19-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=4e08c33d-f8cf-4159-a559-a0463d67b96c ro quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.10.0-19-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.10.0-19-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.164 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A18 dmi.board.name: 0H3MT5 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA18:bd01/18/2016:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6430:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0H3MT5:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6430 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. Impact ------ It looks like GNOME's brightness control simply used the first backlight device it saw instead of one currently in use. This meant that the brightness control would not work on some computers with multiple GPUs. Test Case --------- From Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 on a dual-GPU computer, install the update. Restart. Does the brightness control now work correctly? Regression Potential -------------------- This looks like a minimal fix for this issue. It was accepted as part of gnome-settings-daemon 3.24.2 which all GNOME 3.24 distros will be upgrading to. Original Bug Report ------------------- The Dell E6430 with Nvidia Optimus enables in BIOS, using the Open Source Nouveau driver shows the brightness slider moving but does not affect the brightness. When using the kernel boot option acpi_backlight=vendor , the brightness control works. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic 4.10.0-19.21 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse:  USER PID ACCESS COMMAND  /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 2081 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7 Date: Mon Apr 17 20:00:56 2017 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=66528b53-0f42-4043-9ff8-da8f86036be6 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-10 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Beta amd64 (20170321) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6430 ProcFB:  0 nouveaufb  1 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-19-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=4e08c33d-f8cf-4159-a559-a0463d67b96c ro quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions:  linux-restricted-modules-4.10.0-19-generic N/A  linux-backports-modules-4.10.0-19-generic N/A  linux-firmware 1.164 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A18 dmi.board.name: 0H3MT5 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA18:bd01/18/2016:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6430:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0H3MT5:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6430 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
2017-05-09 18:22:28 Jeremy Bícha gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Zesty): status Triaged In Progress
2017-05-09 19:07:45 Launchpad Janitor gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2017-05-10 08:36:31 Kai-Heng Feng branch linked lp:~kaihengfeng/unity-settings-daemon/lp1683445
2017-05-11 12:44:06 Jeremy Bícha bug task added gnome-settings-daemon
2017-05-11 15:58:05 Bug Watch Updater gnome-settings-daemon: status Unknown Fix Released
2017-05-11 15:58:05 Bug Watch Updater gnome-settings-daemon: importance Unknown Medium
2017-05-15 13:27:56 Bug Watch Updater linux: status Confirmed Won't Fix
2017-05-16 15:13:29 Łukasz Zemczak gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Zesty): status In Progress Fix Committed
2017-05-16 15:13:31 Łukasz Zemczak bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2017-05-16 15:13:34 Łukasz Zemczak bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2017-05-16 15:13:39 Łukasz Zemczak tags 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream zesty 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream verification-needed zesty
2017-05-23 06:02:24 Kai-Heng Feng tags 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream verification-needed zesty 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream verification-done zesty
2017-05-29 15:25:39 Launchpad Janitor gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Zesty): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2017-05-29 15:25:48 Łukasz Zemczak removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2018-03-05 06:52:58 Mathew Hodson bug task deleted linux (Ubuntu)
2018-03-05 06:55:20 Mathew Hodson affects linux nouveau
2018-06-19 03:22:23 Yuan-Chen Cheng bug task added oem-priority
2018-06-19 04:37:13 Anthony Wong nominated for series Ubuntu Xenial
2018-06-20 07:32:18 Will Cooke bug task added gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Xenial)
2018-06-20 07:32:18 Will Cooke bug task added unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Xenial)
2018-06-21 02:40:59 William Kao oem-priority: importance Undecided Critical
2018-06-26 01:39:53 Launchpad Janitor gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Xenial): status New Confirmed
2018-06-26 01:39:53 Launchpad Janitor unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Xenial): status New Confirmed
2018-06-27 01:13:14 William Kao bug added subscriber William Kao
2018-06-28 03:36:18 Yuan-Chen Cheng oem-priority: status New Confirmed
2018-07-03 10:46:34 Launchpad Janitor unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): status Triaged Fix Released
2018-07-03 11:57:47 Sebastien Bacher unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Zesty): status Triaged Won't Fix
2018-07-09 12:24:39 Łukasz Zemczak unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Bionic): status New Fix Committed
2018-07-09 12:24:41 Łukasz Zemczak bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2018-07-09 12:24:47 Łukasz Zemczak tags 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream verification-done zesty 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream verification-needed verification-needed-bionic zesty
2018-07-09 15:31:19 Łukasz Zemczak unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Xenial): status Confirmed Fix Committed
2018-07-09 15:31:25 Łukasz Zemczak tags 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream verification-needed verification-needed-bionic zesty 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-xenial zesty
2018-07-17 02:35:11 William Kao removed subscriber William Kao
2018-08-13 15:56:32 Bruno Santamaría bug added subscriber Bruno Santamaría
2018-10-15 11:32:46 Bartosz Kosiorek tags 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-xenial zesty 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream verification-done-bionic verification-needed verification-needed-xenial zesty
2018-10-17 11:37:36 Launchpad Janitor unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Bionic): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2018-11-03 21:44:22 Mathew Hodson gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Xenial): importance Undecided Medium
2018-11-03 21:44:41 Mathew Hodson unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Xenial): importance Undecided Medium
2018-11-03 21:44:55 Mathew Hodson unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Bionic): importance Undecided Medium
2018-11-22 06:23:57 Sebastien Bacher tags 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream verification-done-bionic verification-needed verification-needed-xenial zesty 201201-10372 amd64 apport-bug kernel-bug-exists-upstream verification-done verification-done-bionic verification-done-xenial zesty
2018-11-22 16:46:38 Launchpad Janitor unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Xenial): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2019-01-30 03:22:55 Yuan-Chen Cheng oem-priority: importance Critical High
2020-08-15 16:22:25 Rex Tsai oem-priority: status Confirmed Fix Released